academia

noun

ac·​a·​de·​mia ˌa-kə-ˈdē-mē-ə 

: the life, community, or world of teachers, schools, and education : academe

scientists in industry and academia

a career in academia

Examples of academia in a Sentence

She found the business world very different from academia.

Recent Examples on the Web

Harvard University’s former president Larry Summers will resign from the school over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, as the scandal increasingly ensnares figures in academia. —Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 26 Feb. 2026

Sometimes academia can be very binary. —Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026

The more than 3 million pages made public by the department late last month include mentions and photos of prominent people across the worlds of politics, business, academia, art, and entertainment. —Chantelle Lee, Time, 21 Feb. 2026

The overall methodology and conclusions were vetted by a panel that included state and national experts from the industry and academia. —Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

latinization of academy (with -ia suggesting a geographic entity), after its Latin etymon, Acadēmia

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for academia

• anaemia
• anemia
• artemia
• leukaemia
• leukemia
• pyaemia
• toxaemia
• toxemia
• uremia
• viremia
• acidemia
• azotemia